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Monday, February 6, 2012

Starting in March 2012-March 2013 Heather and I will have a new block to share on the first Monday of every month, and in the end a new quilt!

Each month will have a "theme" we will follow, and we want you to join! Below is a type of block which will be included in our overall block. (ex. HST could be a block with any type of design including HST's)

feel free to print this image off and post it in your craft room like me!!! :)

Not only is this a Block of the Month but it is also kind of a Quilt Along. At the end of the 12 months you'll have a sampler quilt top! And the great thing is everyone's will look different, it's going to be awesome!

On the first Monday of every month Heather and I will post our blocks and we will have a link-up where you can link your blocks if you participated. We hope you join us!

Now to the fun stuff! Here are the fabric lines Heather and I are using, we're slightly giddy! :)

So yummy right?? Major happy dances over here! :)

Also we are going to pull from this book, "501 Rotary-Cut Quilt Blocks" for almost every block. This book can be found here. I am really excited, the instruction are really clear and awesome diagrams. On some months Heather and I will do block tutorials.

So what do you think?

Will you be joining?

Edited to add

Okay okay so you need more details! Here you go.

Heather and I have more fabric than you need, we have the whole collection of each line. You certainly don't need that much fabric and neither will we!

You do not have to get the book we're using, however if you do you can make the same blocks as us (we'll fill you in on our blocks). All you need to do is follow the monthly guide and make whichever block you want using that months "theme" ie 9-patch, pinwheel, HST... Does that make sense? We really want this to be laid back and easy!

In 501 Rotary-Cut Quilt Blocks majority of blocks are 12" finished size, so for us that is going to be our finished block size. At the end of the 12 months, if you piece the blocks the size will be 35" x 46.5". If you would like a larger quilt top you can add more blocks, sashing and/or borders. You will need to calculate those numbers for yourself depending on what you want to do. I probably will make my quilt larger than 35" x 46.5" but I have not decided yet exactly how.

Fabric Requirements for twelve 12" pieced blocks:

1/3 yard cuts of 2 different prints

1/2 yard cuts of 4 different prints

3/4 yards of a solid

Also if you'd like us to add your email to our list for updates on the Block of the Month, like which block we're using from the book, a reminder to link-up, etc. please leave it in the comments OR email us directly myquiltstory{at}gmail{dot}com.

Actually, I think I *will* be joining you. I think I'm going to challenge myself to find one of those quilt fabric lines like the two of you are using, which I never buy, and try it all year, see if they grow on me. They look nice in your collections, but I just never buy them. Thanks for this, it sounds like fun. Oh, I've included you on the Quilt Projects page of my blog quiltbom.blogspot.com.

I would like to joing in also. Thanks for sharing the source. Looking at the cover and title, I would have thought they were miniatures and wouldn't have even considered the book. I am more intereted in the larger blocks.

Thought my comment posted earlier this week- guess not. Anyway- I'm joining! need another BOM to try to keep me out of trouble (like that is going to happen) or just to use as fabric therapy ;) email is anightmoon@gmail.com